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Table 2 provides the area/capacity information for Crawford Reservoir (from GUNMOD). <br />TABLE 2 <br />CRAWFORD RESERVOIR AREA/CAPACITY TABLE <br />AREA CAPACITY ELEVATION <br />(acres) (acre-feet) (feet msl) <br />006,441 <br />131166,480 <br />416026,480 <br />651,1266,490 <br />981,9246,500 <br />1353,0876,510 <br />1934,7146,520 <br />2516,9266,530 <br />3139,7456,540 <br />40614,3956,553 <br />Historic Operation of the Smith Fork Water Rights <br />Diversions by Upper Project Ditches <br />Irrigation in the Crawford area begins from April 20 to May 1. During the early part of the season, <br />typically through the end of June, there is sufficient physical streamflow to satisfy most of the irrigation <br />demands of the major ditches. Water availability to the Upper Ditches is influenced by the major senior <br />right on the river--the 12.5 cfs decreed to the Crawford Clipper Ditch. After July 10 (typically), the <br />natural streamflow is insufficient for all of the direct flow rights. At this time, the CWCD and the State <br />Water Commissioner will allow the Upper Ditches to continue to divert even to the point of drying up <br />the river, provided that project water owned by the Upper Ditches can be released, if requested, to the <br />Clipper Ditch to fulfill its demand. It is this exchange that enables the Upper Ditches to receive their <br />storage water. If the Upper Ditches have exhausted their project water in Crawford Reservoir, their <br />diversions from the Smith Fork for the remainder of the season are limited to the amounts of their <br />respective senior direct flow rights, which are subject to priority with respect to other water rights (in <br />particular the Clipper's senior right to 12.5 cfs). According to Mr. Cunningham, irrigation return flows <br />to the Smith Fork from the Upper Ditches will provide approximately 5 cfs of the 12.5 cfs demand at the <br />Clipper head gate. <br />Grandview Ditch Considerations <br />The Smith Fork direct flow rights of the Grandview Ditch are relatively junior to other direct flow rights <br />on the main stem (including the Clipper Ditch and the Upper Ditches). However, the Grandview also <br />owns the Aspen Ditch direct flow rights that historically diverted out of Iron Creek at the present <br />location of Crawford Reservoir. The Aspen Ditch rights (see Table 1) benefited from all of the return <br />flows from irrigation upgradient of the present reservoir location, including the return flows from the <br />transbasin diversions from Crystal Creek. To preserve these historic rights to the direct flow of Iron <br />Creek, the CWCD operates the reservoir during the irrigation season so that all inflow to the reservoir is <br />4 <br />A275 01.09.95 1.15-24 Fosha, Hyre <br />